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We’re under attack
“Labor must turn on the Greens and destroy them.” Tony Maher, 7 July.
Prominent members of the ALP have launched an all-out attack on the 1.6 million Australians like you who vote Green.
“Extremists who threaten democracy” and “not unlike One Nation”. That’s how senior Labor Party figures have described us this week.
Right now, the ALP is deciding whether to preference Tony Abbott ahead of the Greens in next year’s federal election. Doing this could hand him control of the Senate, or leave it in the hands of ultra-conservative parties like Family First and the DLP. That’s how far this attack goes.
With our shared values under fire in every newspaper, there is something you can do to stand up for everything we’ve achieved together.
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Senator Christine Milne, Greens Leader